Hi A99,
good scheme pal! 1/2 term break so we went for a shopping spree Friday, minor shop Sat, off for home after gargantuan breakfast Sunday.... but being Vlad the Impaler Day Weekend (might have been Valentine, I'm bad with names) they were pretty chock full and severely annoyed me with lack of service all round so we decided to try elsewhere next time. (I almost died of starvation Sat night). I imagine you noticed it, unless unusually fortunate. (Check your bill by the way - I've never had an accurate one off them yet, this time the accidental overcharge was a modest £18 or so... the people before us in the checkout line were also ovecharged, I didn't stop to check the people behind us).
Unlike yourself we can manage the Granite City most weekends currently, without the aid of floatation devices and a following wind... although the better half is about to embark on her final 6 months of shifts prior to retirement so after March/April I might not manage weekends as easily. (The pits are closing anyway). I'd be quite happy to pop along the A96 now and again for a meet, I just didn't think there were that many around here to make it worth doing.
Dave